Chapter Twenty Five
To Scott, Jessica was just another ex girlfriend. He had Shelby now. That was all he needed all he ever wanted. He would be lying if he said he didn't miss being Jessica's friend but he didn't need her anymore. He was finally happy.
"So do you have anything planned for tonight?" Shelby asked.
"Nope!" Scott said, fixing her a plate of food and bringing it to her at the table.
"Well then I want you to meet me on the roof at midnight." Shelby said.
"Why?" Scott asked, sitting down.
"Don't ask questions, just do it." Shelby said and took a bite of spaghetti. "Your cooking is so much better than the cooking at Horizon."
"Any cooking is better than the cooking at Horizon." Scott said and Shelby smiled.
Scott waited patiently for midnight to come. He noticed Shelby had been planning something for a while and he was eager to find out. He checked his watch again. 10:30. He sat on his couch and started flipping through the channels on the TV, finding nothing that would take his mind off of the roof.
He got of the couch and walked to the door before turning around and going back to the couch. He couldn't ruin what she was planning. He turned of the TV and turned it off again before walking back the door, then back to the couch.
"What do you think Sam?" Scott asked. "Should I go early?" Scott starred at the dog for a few seconds before grabbing his coat and walking up to the roof of the apartment building.
"I knew you would show up early." Shelby said, standing by the roof, wearing a long black dress.
"What... what is all of this?" Scott asked, looking around at the candle lit table with rose pedals and champagne.
"This is all for you." Shelby smiled as she walked towards him.
"You look so beautiful." Scott said, wrapping his arms around her waist.
"Like I said, EVERYTHING up here is for you." Scott raised an eyebrow before slowly pulling Shelby towards him, lowering his lips to hers.
"I love you!" He said.
"I love you too!" She said and walked him to the table where they sat down to eat spaghetti and meatballs. Shelby clicked on the radio for some background music. Scott looked up at her when Faithfully by Journey came on.
"Miss Shelby Merrick, may I please have the honor to dance with you?" Scott asked.
"The honor is all mine." She said and she took his hand and walked to the center of the roof to dance under the stars with the man of her dreams.
"Scott, I want to talk to you about something." Shelby said.
"Ok!" Scott said.
"I messed up a lot in my life. Everything was going wrong until I met you. You are my everything. And through you I learned that it's ok to make mistakes, until I made the biggest mistake of them all." Shelby said and the song ended. They walked back to the table and sat down. "I had you and I let you go and because of that, I almost lost you forever. I don't want to make that mistake again. So, I have a question for you." She took his hand into hers and stopped talking.
"What is it?" Scott asked, getting nervous.
"Scott Barringer, I love you with all of my heart and soul. You make me complete." Her voice began to crack and tears rolled down her cheeks as she starred into his. "Will you marry me?"
Authors Note~ I was looking up the time I started this story and it was in 2000. That means I was in ninth grade, I was a freshman. I'm a senior now. That is a hell of a long time of writing a story. Anyway, thanks you guys for sticking with me this whole time of writing.
To Scott, Jessica was just another ex girlfriend. He had Shelby now. That was all he needed all he ever wanted. He would be lying if he said he didn't miss being Jessica's friend but he didn't need her anymore. He was finally happy.
"So do you have anything planned for tonight?" Shelby asked.
"Nope!" Scott said, fixing her a plate of food and bringing it to her at the table.
"Well then I want you to meet me on the roof at midnight." Shelby said.
"Why?" Scott asked, sitting down.
"Don't ask questions, just do it." Shelby said and took a bite of spaghetti. "Your cooking is so much better than the cooking at Horizon."
"Any cooking is better than the cooking at Horizon." Scott said and Shelby smiled.
Scott waited patiently for midnight to come. He noticed Shelby had been planning something for a while and he was eager to find out. He checked his watch again. 10:30. He sat on his couch and started flipping through the channels on the TV, finding nothing that would take his mind off of the roof.
He got of the couch and walked to the door before turning around and going back to the couch. He couldn't ruin what she was planning. He turned of the TV and turned it off again before walking back the door, then back to the couch.
"What do you think Sam?" Scott asked. "Should I go early?" Scott starred at the dog for a few seconds before grabbing his coat and walking up to the roof of the apartment building.
"I knew you would show up early." Shelby said, standing by the roof, wearing a long black dress.
"What... what is all of this?" Scott asked, looking around at the candle lit table with rose pedals and champagne.
"This is all for you." Shelby smiled as she walked towards him.
"You look so beautiful." Scott said, wrapping his arms around her waist.
"Like I said, EVERYTHING up here is for you." Scott raised an eyebrow before slowly pulling Shelby towards him, lowering his lips to hers.
"I love you!" He said.
"I love you too!" She said and walked him to the table where they sat down to eat spaghetti and meatballs. Shelby clicked on the radio for some background music. Scott looked up at her when Faithfully by Journey came on.
"Miss Shelby Merrick, may I please have the honor to dance with you?" Scott asked.
"The honor is all mine." She said and she took his hand and walked to the center of the roof to dance under the stars with the man of her dreams.
"Scott, I want to talk to you about something." Shelby said.
"Ok!" Scott said.
"I messed up a lot in my life. Everything was going wrong until I met you. You are my everything. And through you I learned that it's ok to make mistakes, until I made the biggest mistake of them all." Shelby said and the song ended. They walked back to the table and sat down. "I had you and I let you go and because of that, I almost lost you forever. I don't want to make that mistake again. So, I have a question for you." She took his hand into hers and stopped talking.
"What is it?" Scott asked, getting nervous.
"Scott Barringer, I love you with all of my heart and soul. You make me complete." Her voice began to crack and tears rolled down her cheeks as she starred into his. "Will you marry me?"
Authors Note~ I was looking up the time I started this story and it was in 2000. That means I was in ninth grade, I was a freshman. I'm a senior now. That is a hell of a long time of writing a story. Anyway, thanks you guys for sticking with me this whole time of writing.